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ERIC Number: EJ205655
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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Increasing Educational Achievement via Self Concept Change.
Scheirer, Mary Ann; Kraut, Robert E.
Review of Educational Research, v49 n1 p131-49 Win 1979
Literature linking self-concept and achievement, and evaluation research on educational programs to improve self-concept are analyzed in terms of several self-concept theories. Evidence for a causal connection between self-concept and achievement is negative. Researchers have failed to explore other theoretical approaches to educational change. (RD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Objectives, Age Differences, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Research Methodology, Self Concept, Self Esteem, State of the Art Reviews
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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